Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | Indiana | No. 4 | | W 17–6 | 38,444 | |
October 1 | West Virginia* | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| W 33–0 | 43,612 | [3] |
October 8 | No. 5 Ohio State | No. 4 | | L 7–34 | 71,119 | |
October 15 | at No. 10 Minnesota | | | L 10–21 | 63,641 | |
October 22 | Penn State* | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| W 10–8 | 51,459 | |
October 29 | at No. 15 Purdue | | | W 14–12 | 48,625 | |
November 5 | at Michigan | | | L 7–8 | 63,665 | [4] |
November 12 | Wisconsin | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| W 35–14 | 48,143 | |
November 19 | at Northwestern | | | L 7–14 | 51,782 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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- ^ "1960 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "W. Virginia beaten, 33–0, by Illinois". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lyall Smith (November 6, 1960). "Spartans, U-M Squeeze Home: Gambles Edge Illinois, 8–7". Detroit Free Press. pp. D1, D3 – via Newspapers.com.